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The time has almost come and the world will see long-waited Ethereum (ETH) network upgrade – “Constantinople” – very soon. It’s assumed, that the hard fork will take place on February 25, on the blockchain height of 7,280,000.

For the past 10 years since Bitcoin was introduced to the world, people all around the globe have more or less got used to some classic model of cryptocurrency existence. Cryptocurrency is a reward method for maintaining the work of the blockchain network. Blockchain network is a decentralized ledger. Maintaining the blockchain along with obtaining […]

There are several important concepts behind cryptocurrency. The first and most basic is security. We believed that trust between users was secured by the system. And this concept has justified itself. But there are still exceptions. Despite ETC’s claimed primacy of code, it was subject to a 51% attack. This is unfortunate and resulted in […]

Smart contracts is a feature that is mentioned in almost every blockchain-related discussion. Indeed, the technology turned out to be extremely handy for many influential institutions and is widely considered to be the future of day to day transactions. However, it still produces a certain amount of confusion. In this article, we will tell everything […]

This year has been an eventful year for forks. We have seen excitement build over and over again as a barrage of forks came our way from every corner of the cryptocurrency community. Monero, in particular, saw no less than 5 forks in just a few past months. Here we will look forward to the […]

Digital collectibles games have been around for years, even though they were often hard to trade, and almost impossible to transfer between games. Coin based games have been around since before 2014 though dwarfed by PC and game console communities. Collectible games have been the foundation for the concept of earning “coin” to pay for […]

Introduction to DApps You’ve likely seen the news of many Fortune 100 companies looking into Decentralized Applications, otherwise known as DApps. Why are developers of so many top companies suddenly excited about DApps? Well, they are based on the blockchain technology, which provides the infrastructure for a new and innovative market of decentralized, open, and […]

Either very clever or extremely risky and possibly both is the phrase which instantly springs to mind with the concept “National” cryptocurrency. Clever for Governments to seek to “own” the blockchain space and potential uses, and extremely risky due to the overall volatility in the market and the sophistication of key players to manipulate it. […]

2018 is the year of disillusionment and understanding for all those new to cryptocurrency. There is a lot to love in this new financial paradigm. We have finally learned to use this new shared monetary system and far from leaving it, we are in fact adopting it rapidly. It is only a matter of time […]

With the recent boom in the cryptocurrency market, many users in the community have begun to mine coins as a great way to supplement their income. Mining is the process of using GPUs (graphics cards) to essentially “mint” new coins through a process called PoW (proof of work). One of the most profitable coins to […]